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1-19-18

You were no longer there today. There is this odd sense of comfort, of relief, that you were gone. That your tissue, your blood, your tiny bones and your heart have become apart of me again. That my body knew

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1-18-18

You were just a blurry orb on the ultrasound screen. Your twin was moving around like crazy but my eyes were fixated in the lower corner of the scan. No movement. No flickering heart beat. I squinted my eyes, maybe

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1-10-18

Kid to Parent Ratio 4:2 August 2018 The note written in my phone on this day. I was preparing to take an announcement photo of our exciting baby news just weeks away from the one year anniversary of my first

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Modern Mommie Published in The Avenue

Modern Mommie is honored to announce that her piece “End and Beginning Are Dreams” has been published in the Spring 2020 edition of Saint Joseph’s University’s literary magazine, The Avenue.

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8-29-17

L leans in and says, “Mommy, can I tell you a secret?” She puts her hand up by her mouth and places it against the curve of where my face and ear meet. She whispers, “I wish I had a

emilie March 19, 2020July 16, 2020 Loss and Found: A Mother's Journal No Comments Read more

8-21-17

I may not have run out to get my solar eclipse glasses – my daughter is in school today anyway and probably too young to view it. But I am celebrating today’s event with CrossFit, acupuncture then yoga. And in

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8-20-17

The breeze sitting on my parents back porch seems like the best breeze that there ever was. One like I’ve never experienced. No breeze as beautiful, quiet and comforting. Not the breeze alongside the ocean, not on the top of

emilie September 13, 2019July 16, 2020 Loss and Found: A Mother's Journal No Comments Read more

Nothing Gold Can Stay

Nothing Gold Can Stay

A Robert Frost poem and my favorite A New Found Glory album. All those years go when I discovered both as a high schooler inĀ 2000 (I’m aging myself), I didn’t quite get it. But the other day I was driving

emilie February 12, 2019February 12, 2019 Life No Comments Read more

7-7-17

The only thing you have to do is breathe. Tomorrow is a full moon. A time to let go of all that is not allowing you to live in your most illuminous light. Tomorrow I will let go of the

emilie June 7, 2018July 16, 2020 Loss and Found: A Mother's Journal No Comments Read more

2-12-17

I had already bought you a book to write you letters. One at each of your birthdays. I put the pieces of the crib in our spare bedroom and was planning on using the gorgeous yellow crib sheets I never

emilie November 7, 2017July 16, 2020 Loss and Found: A Mother's Journal No Comments Read more
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